Golub Capital BDC, Inc.

GBDC Financial Asset Management

Golub Capital BDC, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $870.8 million, up 20.2% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 14.0%, EPS fell 35.3%, free cash flow grew 196.2% and total debt fell 11.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

12.12 0.15 −1.22%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
18.6×
Fwd P/E
15.6×
Dividend yield
11.4%
F-score
3/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 3.59%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,190.00
Revenue 800.71
Net Income 171.75
Free Cash Flow 919.64
Net Debt 4,473.93
Current Ratio 1.33
Debt/Equity 1.22
P/E ratio 18.65
Fwd P/E 15.60
P/S ratio 3.94
P/B ratio 0.85
Past 5Y EPS Growth 30.86% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth (11.77%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth (7.09%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth (11.21%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (7.97%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 87.24%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 1.81%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 14.30%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 2.12
Annual Dividend Rate 1.38
Annual Dividend Yield 11.39%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.38
0.33
0.33
0.33
2025 1.56
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.39
2024 1.60
0.07
0.39
0.39
0.06
0.05
0.10
0.39
0.04
0.39
2023 1.47
0.33
0.33
0.04
0.37
0.07
0.37
2022 1.23
0.30
0.30
0.30
0.33
2021 1.17
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.30
2020 1.19
0.32
0.29
0.29
0.29
2019 0.94
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.13
2018 0.94
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.12
2017 1.26
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.32
0.08
2016 1.25
0.31
0.31
0.31
0.31
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 136 350 101 64
Receivables 58 74 68 61
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
194 424 169 125
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 68 90 89 93
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
68 90 89 93

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 21.92% 23.84% 30.95%
Cash Flow 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings 18.19% 47.00% 34.90%
Book Value 17.25% 10.70% 16.11%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 207 188 188 — —
’25 221 214 218 218 871
’24 165 164 171 224 725
’23 137 147 155 165 603
’22 87 86 96 120 388
’21 74 76 76 81 307
’20 79 75 73 72 299
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 212 249 193 — —
’25 (375) 195 (200) 266 (114)
’24 164 149 231 (200) 344
’23 53 30 49 64 195
’22 (182) (207) (186) 159 (416)
’21 (165) 204 42 (387) (306)
’20 (112) 93 105 102 188
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 212 249 193 — —
’25 (375) 195 (200) 266 (114)
’24 164 149 231 (200) 344
’23 53 30 49 64 195
’22 (182) (207) (186) 159 (416)
’21 (165) 204 42 (387) (306)
’20 (112) 93 105 102 188
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 0.25 (0.18) 0.22 — —
’25 0.42 0.30 0.34 0.36 1.42
’24 0.45 0.55 0.05 0.36 1.36
’23 0.15 0.34 0.43 0.60 1.52
’22 0.37 0.39 0.09 0.05 0.90
’21 0.56 0.55 0.49 0.42 2.03
’20 0.35 (1.71) 0.93 0.57 0.37
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 14.50 17.69 15.88 16.03 8.89 13.97 11.94 12.27 14.05 12.68

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 19.35 20.08 19.48 18.75 18.14 16.22 16.23 15.38 17.72 16.01
People
People Employees — — — — — — — — — —
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 128 138 152 172 299 307 388 603 725 871
Gross margin, % 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
EBT 69 82 82 (19) 55 340 153 259 274 377
EBT margin, % 54.12 59.73 53.87 (10.78) 18.35 110.80 39.57 42.88 37.78 43.25
Net income 69 82 82 (19) 55 340 153 259 274 377
Depreciation (4) (6) (6) (5) 28 22 0 (5) 1 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 2.46 2.42 2.46 2.63 2.01 1.83 2.27 3.54 3.60 3.27
Earnings 1.33 1.45 1.37 (0.29) 0.37 2.03 0.90 1.52 1.36 1.42
Cash flow (1.08) 1.09 (0.14) (1.81) 1.26 (1.82) (2.44) 1.15 1.71 (0.43)
Capex 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Free cash flow (1.08) 1.09 (0.14) (1.81) 1.26 (1.82) (2.44) 1.15 1.71 (0.43)
Book value 16.92 16.83 15.69 33.94 16.09 15.37 14.91 14.96 19.95 14.97
Shares, m 52 57 62 65 149 168 171 170 201 266
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 13.68 13.05 13.42 0.00 94.57 7.83 13.77 9.40 10.72 9.64
P/S 7.39 7.60 7.46 7.01 6.60 8.65 5.45 4.04 4.20 4.18
P/B 1.08 1.09 1.17 0.54 0.82 1.03 0.83 0.96 0.76 0.91
EV/Sales 13.41 12.79 12.76 18.85 12.96 16.40 13.25 9.09 10.15 9.77
EV/FCF (30.58) 28.33 (229.02) (27.42) 20.64 (16.45) (12.34) 28.06 21.39 (74.89)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow (56) 62 (8) (118) 188 (306) (416) 195 344 (114)
Capex — — — — — — — — — —
Free cash flow (56) 62 (8) (118) 188 (306) (416) 195 344 (114)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 77 50 28 47 170 225 78 127 335 80
Total debt 860 777 843 2,119 2,018 2,551 3,076 3,118 4,599 4,901
Net debt 770 714 797 2,037 1,836 2,314 2,959 2,982 4,249 4,800
Shareholders’ equity 879 958 969 2,223 2,396 2,583 2,545 2,548 4,015 3,983
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 4.08 4.69 4.57 (0.60) 1.24 7.08 2.83 4.53 3.79 4.26
ROIC 2.48 2.60 2.69 1.26 2.05 2.14 2.23 3.31 2.90 2.82
ROE 8.19 8.96 8.51 (1.16) 2.38 13.67 5.99 10.16 8.34 9.42
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. vs peers in Asset Management (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CNS Cohen & Steers Inc $3.6B 21.3× 22.3× +12.20% (above 0%: growing) +33.33% (above 0%: growing) +194.97% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 34.55% Compare
AAMI Acadian Asset Management Inc. $3.3B 32.5× — (loss-making) +45.29% (above 0%: growing) +175.00% (above 0%: growing) −65.25% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 17.50% Compare
WT WisdomTree, Inc. $3.3B 38.1× 23.9× +57.31% (above 0%: growing) +76.47% (above 0%: growing) +95.88% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 40.53% Compare
AB AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. $3.2B 10.3× — — +20.31% (above 0%: growing) −13.25% (below 0%: shrinking) — — Compare
GBDC Golub Capital BDC, Inc. $3.2B 18.6× 15.6× −14.02% (below 0%: shrinking) −35.29% (below 0%: shrinking) +196.17% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 77.88%
HTGC Hercules Capital, Inc. $3.1B 7.8× 8.8× +8.48% (above 0%: growing) +59.09% (above 0%: growing) +305.69% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 77.89% Compare
FSK FS KKR Capital Corp. $3.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −27.14% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +618.52% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 76.90% Compare
SII Sprott Inc. $2.9B 26.5× 13.0× +23.09% (above 0%: growing) +155.77% (above 0%: growing) +64.22% (above 0%: growing) 100.00% 56.77% Compare
APAM Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. $2.7B 7.8× 10.2× +8.90% (above 0%: growing) +18.09% (above 0%: growing) +126.73% (above 0%: growing) 40.90% 27.48% Compare
Median of peers $3.2B 21.3× 13.0× +12.20% +59.09% +111.31% 100.00% 40.53%

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Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) key facts

  • Strength: Golub Capital BDC, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $870.8 million, up 20.2% from fiscal 2024.
  • Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is an Asset Management company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GBDC traded at $12.12, a market capitalization of $3.2 billion.
  • Golub Capital BDC, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.38 per share, a yield of 11.4%.
  • Return on equity was 9.42% and debt-to-equity 1.22.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 3 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) Latest News

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